IP Library Granted Patent US 10,056,525
Granted Patent B2
US 10,056,525 · App. 15/692,759 · Granted Aug 21, 2018

Light-emitting device

Inventors: Chien-Kai Chung (Hsinchu, TW); Po-Shun Chiu (Hsinchu, TW); Hsin-Ying Wang (Hsinchu, TW); De-Shan Kuo (Hsinchu, TW); Tsun-Kai Ko (Hsinchu, TW); Yu-Ting Huang (Hsinchu, TW)
Assignee: EPISTAR CORPORATION
H01L33/22H01L33/20H01L33/38H01L33/145H01L33/382
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Patent No.
US 10,056,525
App. No.
15/692,759
Granted
Aug 21, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A light-emitting device includes: a rectangular shape with a 1 st side, a 2 nd side opposite to the 1 st side, and a 3 rd side connecting the 1 st and the 2 nd sides; a first electrode pad formed adjacent to the 3 rd side; a second electrode pad formed adjacent to the 2 nd side; a first extension electrode, extending from the first electrode pad in a direction away from the 3 rd side and bended toward the 2 nd side; and a second extension electrode, including a first and a second branches respectively extending from the second electrode pad; wherein a distance between the first electrode pad and the 3 rd side is smaller than a distance between the second electrode pad and the 3 rd side; wherein an end portion of the first branch includes a first arc bending to the 3 rd side and a minimum distance between the first branch and the 1 st side is smaller than a minimum distance between the second branch and the 1 st side.

Claims (34)

1. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, and a third side connecting the first side and the second side;

a first electrode pad formed adjacent to the third side;

a second electrode pad formed adjacent to the second side;

a first extension electrode, extending from the first electrode pad in a direction away from the third side and bended toward the second side; and

a second extension electrode, comprising a first branch and a second branch respectively extended from the second electrode pad;

wherein a distance between the first electrode pad and the third side is smaller than a distance between the second electrode pad and the third side;

wherein an end portion of the first branch comprises a first arc bending to the third side and a minimum distance between the first branch and the first side is smaller than a minimum distance between the second branch and the first side.

2. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a substrate and a light-emitting structure formed on the substrate;

wherein the light-emitting structure comprises a lower semiconductor layer, an active layer, and an upper semiconductor layer;

wherein the first extension electrode is formed on the lower semiconductor layer and the second extension electrode is formed on the upper semiconductor layer.

3. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , further comprising a transparent conductive layer formed on the upper semiconductor layer.

4. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , further comprising a current blocking layer under the first electrode pad.

5. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first branch comprises a stripe between the second electrode pad and the first arc and is parallel with the third side.

6. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the second branch comprises a second arc connecting the second electrode pad and a stripe connecting to the arc, and the stripe is parallel with the third side.

7. The light-emitting device according to claim 1 , wherein the first extension electrode comprises a stripe parallel to the third side.

8. The light-emitting device according to claim 2 , wherein the second electrode pad is located near one corner of the substrate.

9. The light-emitting device according to claim 8 , wherein the first electrode pad and the second electrode pad are located on the substrate in a diagonal direction.

10. A light-emitting device, comprising:

a light-emitting stack comprising a rectangular shape with a first side, a second side opposite to the first side, a third side connecting the first side and the second side, and a fourth side opposite to the third side;

a transparent conductive layer, formed on the light-emitting stack;

a mesa formed in the light-emitting stack, adjacent to the third side;

a first electrode formed on the mesa, comprising a first stripe and a bending portion, wherein the first electrode is elongated from the third side in a direction away from the third side and bends toward the second side, and the bending portion is between the first stripe and the third side;

a second electrode formed on the light-emitting stack, comprising:

a second electrode pad adjacent to the second side;

a first branch and a second branch formed on the transparent conductive layer, and respectively extending from the second electrode pad,

wherein an end portion of the first branch bends to the third side and a minimum distance between the first branch and the first side is smaller than a minimum distance between the second branch and the first side.

11. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the light-emitting stack comprises a n-type semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a p-type semiconductor layer; wherein the mesa is a top surface of the n-type semiconductor layer not covered by the active layer and the p-type semiconductor layer.

12. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising a current blocking layer under the second electrode pad.

13. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising a current blocking layer under the first electrode.

14. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , further comprising an imaginary line connecting a distal end of the first branch to a distal end of the second branch, and wherein the bending portion of the first electrode is located between the second electrode pad and the imaginary line.

15. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the first stripe of the first electrode is parallel with the third side.

16. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the first stripe is located between the first branch and the second branch.

17. The light-emitting device according to claim 10 , wherein the second branch comprises an arc connecting to the second electrode pad and a second stripe connecting to the arc, and the second stripe is parallel with the first stripe.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 26, 2026
From: EPISTAR CORPORATION
To: ENNOSTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 075152/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2017
From: CHUNG, CHIEN-KAI; CHIU, PO-SHUN; WANG, HSIN-YING; KUO, DE-SHAN; KO, TSUN-KAI; HUANG, YU-TING
To: EPISTAR CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043852/0367 →
Continuity (3)
Continuation 15228529 · Aug 4, 2016
Continuation 14185586 · Feb 20, 2014
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